India, Aug. 20 -- The investigation into a gruesome murder in Rajasthan's Alwar has taken a new turn with the eight-year-old son of the victim emerging as a key witness. He told police that the blue drum, used to store water, was used by his mother and her alleged lover to place his father's body inside.

The eldest son of the victim Hansraj, described what happened at their home in Kishangarh before and after the murder.

"My father, mother, and uncle (their landlord's son) were drinking together. My mother only had a couple of pegs, but the uncle who killed my father drank a lot. And so did my father, after which he started beating my mother. My uncle tried to intervene, but my father said, 'If you save her, I will kill you also,'" he t...